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‘She sagged suddenly with terror, imagining what would happen if Donald actually won. Everything would change. Her contentment would crack into pieces. The relentless intrusions into their lives; those horrible media people who never gave Donald any credit would get even worse.’

In The Arrangements, Chimamanda enters the Trump household. She explores the point of view of Melania Trump as she questions the ‘what ifs’ of a Trump victory.

‘Years later, she told me that the reason I did not die was that small injection in my arm…’

A touching, short read about how one driver’s honesty (and a dose of chance) results in vaccinations being introduced to his village – and beyond. Effectively an ode to Olikoye Ransome-Kuti, former health minister of Nigeria, and Fela Kuti’s brother.

‘Later, Chika will read in the Guardian that “the reactionary Hausa-speaking Muslims in the North have a history of violence against non-Muslims”, and in the middle of her grief, she will stop to remember that she examined the nipples and experienced the gentleness of a woman who is Hausa and Muslim.’

A Private Experience followstwo women who find shelter in a shop following a riot in Kano. In this story, Chimamanda writes in the voice of a young med student who is confronted with the brutal reality of interethnic violence in the north of the country.

‘By that morning in November, she no longer knew who she was; she no longer felt… ‘

A podcast to switch up the list (with Ngozi reading it herself) that delves into a sensual and immersive world of a woman on a walk, for a series commissioned for the Serpentine Galleries‘ audio walks.